Services

The Pediatric Epilepsy Advanced Technologies Clinic (PEATC) is a specialty concierge clinic at the Washington University Pediatric Epilepsy Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. PEATC offers the highest level of care for children and young adults with treatment-resistant epilepsy providing support and resources to improve quality of life and seizure management through reduction or elimination of seizures.

  • We offer a dedicated nurse navigator who serves as the main point of contact for referring physicians as well as families to guide them through the outpatient evaluation smoothly and efficiently. 
  • We employ sophisticated tests & procedures which help us learn more about the child’s seizures, leading to treatments more likely to be beneficial. 
  • We have experience using a variety of advanced technologies with the goal to reduce or eliminate seizures in the patients we serve. 

Non-invasive diagnostic tests

  • EEG-Video
  • MRI
  • PET/MRI
  • SPECT with autoinjector
  • High Density EEG
  • Functional MRI
  • Genetic evaluation and testing

Invasive diagnostic tests

  • Robot-assisted stereotactic EEG (sEEG)
  • Subdural electrode recording (grids and strips)
  • Wada test

Epilepsy surgeries

  • Resections
  • Lesionectomies
  • Hemispherotomies
  • Disconnections
  • Corpus callosotomies
  • Traditional open surgery
  • Minimally invasive laser ablation
  • Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)

Neuromodulation

  • Vagus nerve stimulator (VNS)
  • Responsive neurostimulation (RNS)
  • Deep brain stimulator (DBS)

Dietary therapies

  • Ketogenic diet
  • Modified Atkins diet
  • Low-glycemic index diet